WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters. The waterslide made to look like the type Mayan Temple found in Mexico sends terrified thrill-seekers up to 35-miles-per-hour down a 60-foot-long chute through a tunnel surrounded by 14-foot-long nurse sharks and Caribbean Reef sharks swimming in crystal clear waters.Aptly called “The Leap of Faith” – the terror-slide is part of the incredible Aquaventure, Paradise Island resort of the Bahamas. Vice President of Marine Operations, Mark Gsellman explained why the slide is so popular with the visitors to his resort
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .